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Yo-Yo Ma (born October 7, 1955) is an American cellist, virtuoso, and orchestral composer. He has received multiple Grammy Awards, the National Medal of Arts in 2001 and the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2011. Ma is regarded by some as the most famous cellist of the modern age.
Read More at Wikipedia ›Cellist Yo-Yo Ma and singers James Taylor and Paul Simon are among those participating in the Sept.
11 anniversary commemoration at the World Trade Center site.Ma has performed a piece by Bach, while Taylor has sung "You Can Close Your Eyes" and Simon has performed "The Sound of Silence."Other musical elements in the commemoration include the Brooklyn Youth Chorus and bagpipers from the fire department, police department and the port authority....WASHINGTON -- Fifty years ago Thursday, President John F. Kennedy told the world that "the torch had been passed to a new generation of Americans" whom he challenged...
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Aretha Franklin will sing, Pastor Rick Warren will pray and Yo-Yo Ma will play the cello during President-elect Barack Obama's Inauguration.Congressional leaders on ...
Word-renowned cellist performs
Yo-Yo Ma's new album takes spiritual journeyFriday, October 03, 2008By MARTIN STEINBERG, Associated Press WriterE-Mail Print Share:NEW YORK — After musical trips to...
Yo Yo Ma to Be U.N. Peace AmbassadorSaturday, January 14, 2006E-Mail Print Share:UNITED NATIONS — Secretary-General Kofi Annan said world renowned cellist Yo Yo Ma ...
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President Obama, recalling the uncertainty and grief that struck a nation suddenly thrust into war, said Sunday that the decade since the Sept. 11 attacks has unders...
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